New school projected to cost $44-45 million

  • This is a rendering of the front of the new Oglethorpe County Elementary School, which is projected to be finished in January 2025. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
    This is a rendering of the front of the new Oglethorpe County Elementary School, which is projected to be finished in January 2025. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
  • The plan for the new elementary school, from Southern A&E, shows the layout of the school, which is projected to open in January 2025. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
    The plan for the new elementary school, from Southern A&E, shows the layout of the school, which is projected to open in January 2025. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)
  • Members of the Oglethorpe County Board of Education, representatives from Southern A&E and Parrish Construction Group, Superintendent Beverley Levine and OCPS/OCES Principal Katie Baldwin shovel dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new elementary school. (LANDEN TODD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)
    Members of the Oglethorpe County Board of Education, representatives from Southern A&E and Parrish Construction Group, Superintendent Beverley Levine and OCPS/OCES Principal Katie Baldwin shovel dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new elementary school. (LANDEN TODD/THE OGLETHORPE ECHO)

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    The Oglethorpe County Board of Education has up to $49 million to spend on construction of the new elementary school, but school board chair Becky Soto expects the final cost to be a…